Guest post: Infrared photography in Yellowstone National Park

I started 2014 leading a workshop in Yellowstone National Park for Chris Weston‘s safari company “Magic Is” – I am now working regularly with them as a group leader and instructor.

Yellowstone in winter turned out to be an IR photographers paradise and my IR modified X-E1 with the 14mm did great service as the images below show. This camera blows me away every time I use it and there was a great deal of interest from the 12 photographers in the group – so much so that I ended up doing a full presentation on Infrared photography one evening while we were there. My X-Pro1 and the XF55-200 also did good service as shown in the two bison shots at the bottom of this post.

Also pleased to report that both Fuji cameras worked faultlessly down to temperatures as low as -30C – even the batteries held out really well.

Here’s a selection of shots from the IR modified X-E1 using the XF14mm lens:

The following 2 shots were taken on the standard X-Pro1 and converted to B&W in Silver Effex Pro2:

About Simon

Simon Weir specialises in photographing live performance (particularly classical music), contextual portraiture and nature. To see more of his work, check out his website http://www.simonweir.com/

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Infared was one of the two things I missed most when I converted to digital (Nikon); the other was my Bronica twin lens reflex camera (no digital back for that…). I’d almost forgotten how beautiful IR images are. Wonderful post, and congrats on being Freshly Pressed.

Reblogged this on The Weird and the Wonderful: Reblogged and commented:
Beautiful, after writing an essay about the landscapes here reflected in Art from the early colonization its uncanny how similar these are in dramatic quality.

Reblogged this on A Wayfarer's Musings and commented:
I chose to reblog this because of the amazing, museum quality pictures. I used to go to Yellowstone every summer when I was a child. The blog post by Simon Weir is fantastic.